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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Dean Darnell, Durham, NC (US);
Trong-Kha Truong, Durham, NC (US);
Allen W. Song, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and devices are configured for integrated parallel reception, excitation, and shimming (iPRES) with RF coil elements with split DC loops. Parallel transmit/receive (which can include Bshimming and/or parallel imaging capabilities) and Bshimming employ the same set of localized coils or transverse electromagnetic (TEM) coil elements, with each coil or TEM element working in both an RF mode (for transmit/receive and Bshimming) and a direct current (DC) mode (for Bshimming) simultaneously. Both an RF and a DC current (in split DC loops) can flow in the same coil element simultaneously but independently with no electromagnetic interference between the two modes.